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  • Why the India-Pakistan ceasefire is giving Modi supporters heartburn
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    Why the India-Pakistan ceasefire is giving Modi supporters heartburn

  • Indira Gandhi ‘mishandled’ situation following creation of Bangladesh, claims Assam CM Himanta Sarma
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    Indira Gandhi ‘mishandled’ situation following creation of Bangladesh, claims Assam CM Himanta Sarma

  • In wake of ceasefire, damaged homes in a Jammu neighbourhood bear witness to human cost of conflict
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    In wake of ceasefire, damaged homes in a Jammu neighbourhood bear witness to human cost of conflict

  • Operation Sindoor: Both Hindutva backers and leftists are wrong in claiming India-Israel parallels
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    Operation Sindoor: Both Hindutva backers and leftists are wrong in claiming India-Israel parallels

  • From the fall of Islamabad to an attack on Karachi: 5 fake stories that Indian TV news ran with
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    From the fall of Islamabad to an attack on Karachi: 5 fake stories that Indian TV news ran with

  • ‘We must accept scientific discoveries with humility’: Pope Francis on the moon landing
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    ‘We must accept scientific discoveries with humility’: Pope Francis on the moon landing

  • ‘War is costly’: Indians lurch between relief and disappointment over ceasefire with Pakistan
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    ‘War is costly’: Indians lurch between relief and disappointment over ceasefire with Pakistan

  • The community that became home: Nine years of Broke Bibliophiles – Bombay Chapter book club
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    The community that became home: Nine years of Broke Bibliophiles – Bombay Chapter book club

  • A new book examines the repercussions of shutting the Indian Railways network during Covid-19
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    A new book examines the repercussions of shutting the Indian Railways network during Covid-19

  • What does Trump’s ceasefire announcement mean for Modi's strongman image?
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    What does Trump’s ceasefire announcement mean for Modi's strongman image?

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Watch: Oldest bookshop in Gaza Strip reopens nine months after being destroyed by Israeli airstrike

The new Samir Mansour bookshop was funded by an international donor campaign. The bookshop is spread across two floors with around 4,00,000 books.

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Feb 28, 2022 · 12:32 pm
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Great to see these school girls in Samir's Gaza bookshop (with balloons!). Next stop is the bookshop for our Afghan Gitmo client Asad Haroon... @3DC_org @MissMRukhsana pic.twitter.com/jL7vvDGTVO

— Clive Stafford Smith (@CliveSSmith) February 21, 2022

Inspiring: video of all the books YOU generously gave to resuscitate Samir's Gaza Bookshop/Library after it was bombed... @3DC_org @MissMRukhsana pic.twitter.com/TFnquNjRJ2

— Clive Stafford Smith (@CliveSSmith) February 21, 2022
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    Operation Sindoor: Both Hindutva backers and leftists are wrong in claiming India-Israel parallels

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